Occurrence of invasive thymoma after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: report of a case.
We report the occurrence of an invasive thymoma following a median sternotomy with removal of a normal involuted thymus in a patient with myasthenia gravis and stress the prompt reevaluation of post-thymectomy patients who have an initial good response and then deteriorate.
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Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport 71130.
Ryan
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Hogan
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Gonzalez
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery